Understanding the fee

We help you by:

• Keeping costs low and charging only for out-of-pocket expenses.
• Charging everyone the same fee no matter where they live in NZ;
• Providing scholarships to help suitable students who need financial assistance; - Charging for actual airfares separately from the fee;
• Charging the fees in the currency in which we pay them.

This means that every exchange is subsidised by around $2000 and some by $6000.

Affiliate fee

This is what we have to pay to find and check-out a host family, arrange a host school, pro­vide visa documents, meet, greet, orient and transfer our students and to support them dur­ing their stay. The extent, cost and difficulty of these requirements vary markedly between countries.

Fee variations

We charge you what it costs us but costs vary significantly because of changing exchange rates, changing airfares and changing fees as our contracts are renewed.

Airfare

Budget airfare specials don’t match exchange dates. We buy tickets that give a good bal­ance of price, safety, certainty, good layovers and acceptable routes. You pay what we pay.

Payment

You pay everything before you leave because by then we will usually have paid everything for you. We try to make fee payment as painless as possible but we need a reasonable de­posit in order to have the confidence to proceed. We can negotiate a payment schedule to suit you.

How much?

The fees are listed on country information sheets.